Rushing to the sea: I can see the prompts

Chapter 249 Swordfish

When Mayor Ye and the others left, they left Shalang Village with smiles on their faces.

None of them expected that just by coming down for an inspection, they could get such an investment, which was no different than pie falling from the sky.

After all, the town government doesn't have to do anything or spend anything, but there are people here who spend tens of millions every year on this kind of activity. No matter what, it can attract some tourists to play, right?

For a tourist area, tourists represent all kinds of consumption and drive the development of the local economy.

Wang Gaoyuan also went to the town government to discuss specific matters.

"Ahua, what are you going to do next?" Zhu Weiguang was holding a fishing bucket in one hand and a fishing rod in the other.

Apparently, he had just returned from fishing and passed by Zhang Yaohua's house.

Zhang Yaohua didn't know what he was going to do, so he asked: "There's nothing busy. It's the fishing moratorium. I'm free! What's the matter?"

Actually, it’s not that there’s nothing to do at all.

Nowadays, Sharon Village is under construction everywhere, whether it is Jinji Island or the industrial park in the village. He has to go and take a look when he has time.

"Didn't you say you've never eaten Yangtze saury before? Someone caught a few fish, and I asked him to keep them. If you have time, we can go there?"

Yangtze saury?

That’s very expensive! Even if it costs seven to eight thousand yuan per catty, you may not be able to eat it.

"Okay! When are you leaving?" Zhang Yaohua nodded.

He really wanted to taste it, after all, the Yangtze River saury is so famous.

"I'll pick you up in an hour."

So, Zhang Yaohua hurriedly prepared and prepared. He didn't ask any questions, such as where to eat.

An hour later, Zhu Weiguang cleaned himself up, drove to the door of Zhang Yaohua's villa, and shouted inside.

"coming."

Zhang Yuanhang and Xuanxuan are not at home, otherwise, they would definitely be clamoring to follow. Children, no matter what they do, they always want to go out and join in the fun.

"Not bringing your girlfriend?" Zhu Weiguang smiled.

Zhang Yaohua shook his head slightly: "She has to be busy with other things."

That's right!

Zhang Yaohua and Zhao Xiyue also established a relationship, and his parents finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After he got in the car, he was surprised: "You're not called Brother Fang?"

You know, Zhu Weiguang and Fang Yuan are often inseparable. I don't know, I thought they had some improper relationship! When going out to fish or eat fish, usually no one is left behind.

"Let's go! He won't go."

The main reason is that there are only a few saury fish this time, and if one more person goes there, it won’t be enough. Considering this, Fang Yuan took the initiative to express his intention not to go.

Soon, Zhang Yaohua realized something was wrong and asked, "Where to eat?"

"My hometown."

Uh!

Zhejiang?

It’s just two fishes. Do you really want to do this?

All right! We’re all in the car, what else can we say?

"Don't you have nothing to do? Let's go out and play by the way!" Zhu Weiguang said.

This time, he called Zhang Yaohua for another reason besides letting Zhang Yaohua taste Yangtze saury. Although he is not superstitious, he has been in contact with Zhang Yaohua for so long, and more or less like the villagers, he feels that Zhang Yaohua's luck is really good.

He wanted to borrow Zhang Yaohua's luck, maybe he could catch two saury fish.

In the middle of the journey, Zhang Yaohua drove once.

Ten hours later, they finally entered Zhejiang.

Eating this fish is quite tiring.

"Hey! This is the saury, a real saury, a wild one." Zhu Weiguang said to Zhang Yaohua.

Zhang Yaohua glanced at it a few times, and it really looked like a knife.

The swordfish in front of me is a fish with a silvery white body, a long and narrow body, and a knife-like belly. Its appearance looks like a sharp blade.

Compared with ordinary grass carp and carp, the swordfish does not have a bifurcated caudal fin. The anal fin on the abdomen extends to the tail and is finally connected to the lower lobe of the caudal fin. The appearance is very iconic.

He also understood that there was more than one kind of swordfish.

In the "treasure house of resources" of the Yangtze River, there are many famous and precious fishes, and the Yangtze saury is one of the best.

As the top fresh fish in the country, saury is delicious and the meat is fresh and tender. Especially in early spring, the male saury has a better flavor. Its fat content can reach more than 30%, and its taste is delicate and plump, which is completely comparable to eels and anchovies.

Although it is called Yangtze saury, it is produced in the Yangtze River, Yellow River, and Qiantang River, but the Yangtze saury is the most famous.

Based on ecological waters, the three species of swordfish can be divided into "river swordfish", "lake swordfish" and "sea swordfish".

Among them, "Jiang Dao" refers to the group that enters the river from the sea from February to March every year and spawns and reproduces in the branches and tributaries of the Yangtze River. It is generally considered to be "true saury".

"Lake Dao" refers to individuals that do not migrate or partially migrate and settle in Poyang Lake, Dongting Lake and even Taihu Lake. "Sea Dao" refers specifically to Dao Dao that basically do not migrate or enter rivers and lay eggs in offshore waters.

In terms of economic value, "Jiang Dao" is the highest, "Hu Dao" is the second, and "Hai Dao" is the lowest.

Zhu Weiguang told Zhang Yaohua that "Haidao" does not migrate, and its appearance and taste are unsatisfactory; some of the "Lake Dao" have experienced migration, and the flavor is unsatisfactory and the quality is uneven; the best "Jiang Dao" corresponds to the degree of migration It is also the highest, has excellent flavor, and has also changed in appearance. The back of the fish is light yellow, the body is strong, the body is strong, and the scales are relatively thick.

"Of course, you have to pay attention to whether it is farmed."

Zhang Yaohua was surprised: "Are saury fish also farmed?"

"Yes! As long as it has economic value, given our urine properties, we usually find ways to artificially breed and plant it. Seafood such as Australian dragon and tuna can be cultured, let alone river fish." Zhu Weiguang said with a smile.

However, there are not many saury fish currently cultured.

Wild saury can be sold for a high price of 8000 yuan per catty, while farmed saury can generally only be sold for 400 yuan per catty, a price difference of 20 times.

In our general dietary concept, it seems to have become a consensus that "cultured fish is not as good as wild fish". When it comes to the advantages of wild fish, everyone can definitely list one or two.

First, wild fish grow up eating biological bait, which is a natural, organic, pollution-free green food. Secondly, wild fish has fresh and tender meat and is relatively scarce in quantity, so it is naturally highly sought after in the market.

Farmed fish are completely different. People generally associate them with characteristics such as "high-density breeding", "heavy earthy smell", "short growth cycle", and "poor living environment", and their quality is slightly inferior to wild fish.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand.

Wild Jiang Dao has a complete migration process, with a migration distance of thousands of kilometers. Its flavor can be best reflected during the migration process.

On the other hand, farmed saury grows entirely in artificial ponds and lacks the moisture of the Yangtze River's running water and high-intensity migration, and its meat quality is also slightly inferior.

Zhang Yaohua nodded.

"That's true, after all, XJ has started raising seafood now."

In terms of breeding and planting in China now, it is really too complicated.

As long as something famous in the world is valuable, the Chinese will always find a way to make it.

There are some things that Chinese people find incredible when they hear them.

Sichuan caviar, Gansu South American prawns, Chongqing freshwater Australian dragon, Shanxi hairy crabs, Chongming saffron, etc., and the scale is quite large, beyond everyone's imagination. Zhu Weiguang laughed: "My friend went over there to engage in seafood farming."

"How's it going? Is there any profit?"

While this sounds incredible and exciting, it doesn't feel like it will be very profitable.

After all, the initial investment may be relatively high, and it is necessary to simulate the marine environment and transform some saline-alkali basins into a "small inland sea."

In addition, the biggest fear of seafood is transportation.

XJ is a sparsely populated area, and the transportation in some places is not very good, and it is a bit far from the market. The seafood produced in this way may be a bit expensive!

"It's okay! He went to raise sea shrimp. Of course, I don't know if it counts as sea shrimp."

Zhang Yaohua: "How to say?"

"Because he was raised in fresh water."

what?

And this thing?

Although Zhang Yaohua knows a lot about seafood, this is the first time he has heard of using fresh water to raise seafood.

"So I dare not say that it is a real shrimp. It feels like the nature has changed."

His friend told him that it was freshwater shrimp.

"Fresh shrimp farming" refers to cultivating shrimp in fresh water. The biggest technical difficulty is to adapt the shrimp to the local freshwater environment.

It is said that the key first step is the desalination pond.

It is an independent pool, and the water in this pool needs to be adjusted to a water environment close to sea water. After the shrimp larvae are introduced, they are immediately placed in this pond for cultivation.

The second step is to add water for desalination. Starting from the second day after the shrimp seedlings enter the pond, local fresh water is added to the desalination pond regularly and quantitatively every day to gradually reduce the salinity of the water in the pond and allow the shrimp seedlings to adapt to the local environment.

The last step is to change the pond. After seven to ten days, add fresh water every day to make the water environment in the desalination pond similar to that in the big pond. Then you can put the shrimp seedlings into the big pond for breeding.

It can only be said that raising seafood in the inland requires some skills and cannot be messed with.

"I thought they were all engaged in artificial sea creation!"

Zhu Weiguang: "I thought so too at first."

Artificial sea creation is the most common method.

In many places in the northwest region, due to low-lying terrain, saline-alkali water from the surrounding areas collects here. The groundwater level is relatively high, and the water quality contains a large amount of saline-alkali. The pH value is generally above 8. The large amount of saline-alkali water cannot be used by agriculture, etc. Recycling by other industries has had a negative impact on local soil and crop production.

The local area has adapted measures to local conditions, found a way out of existing resources, and taken advantage of the existing saline-alkali water resources to explore an industrial development path suitable for farm saline-alkali water quality farming.

In order to turn saline-alkali land from waste into treasure, technicians built greenhouses according to local conditions, adjusted the water used for shrimp seedlings, and overcome the adverse effects of high salinity-alkali and high cold on breeding.

It has to be said that our country’s persistence in breeding and planting is really engraved in our genes.

That is the unique "farming" attribute and skill of us Chinese.

Zhu Weiguang took the saury and went directly to a familiar restaurant.

"Old Chen, help me make some. It will be enough to pair with two or three other dishes." Zhu Weiguang said to the restaurant owner.

"Okay, leave it to me. You know the craftsmanship of my shop."

"It's just that I know that's why I come to you every time there is a swordfish."

The shop owner looked at the saury fish and said "ooh".

"These saury fish are pretty good! They're big enough. You can't even buy them for 10,000 yuan per pound."

When he saw it, he knew it was wild.

"It's just so so! Old Chen, this is my brother Zhang Yaohua, who came here specially to taste the most delicious food in our Yangtze River." Then, Zhu Weiguang introduced.

"Brother Zhang, hello! Do you want to smoke?" As he said that, the shop owner handed Zhang Yaohua cigarettes.

Zhang Yaohua waved his hand quickly: "Thanks, brother! I don't smoke much."

"Well! It's better not to smoke! If you can, don't smoke." Since Zhang Yaohua said so, the boss was not polite and took the cigarette back.

Zhu Weiguang smiled and said: "If you don't smoke, and I don't smoke, how will the military expenses come from?"

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"Brother, are there few swordfish now?" Another table of diners in the store came over. They were probably from out of town. When they heard it was swordfish, they came over to have a look.

The shop owner told them: "There are not enough real swordfish. As you know, fish has been banned in the Yangtze River for many years. Fortunately, there are some that are farmed now. Although the taste is a bit worse, at least there is stock."

A ten-year fishing ban has been implemented in the Yangtze River Basin, and the section from the Yangtze River Estuary to Dongting Lake where the "swordfish" appears has been listed as a no-fishing area.

This forms a sharp contrast: on the one hand, wild saury resources are scarce and there is no catch, on the other hand, farmed saury is in the ascendant, with increasing production, and can now supply the market to a small extent.

Zhu Weiguang answered: "Actually, there are quite a few saury fish in the Yangtze River now."

After all, after so many years of ban, the ecology has basically recovered. Even finless porpoises often come out for a stroll, not to mention saury.

"I don't dare to fish for it!" The man said with a bitter smile.

Not to mention fishing, even if you are fishing, you will get in accidentally.

The shop owner added: "Saury is also difficult to catch, so it's expensive."

He knows that saury fish are tricky and highly reactive by nature, making them difficult to capture effectively.

Due to its special body structure, the trajectory of the swordfish when swimming in the water is not a straight line, but a longitudinal Z-shape. The direction of movement is difficult to predict and it is difficult to be caught. This is why fishermen call the swordfish "tricky fish". The reaction of swordfish is also very sharp. They will swim in groups at the slightest movement under the water. It is not easy to catch the species.

In addition, experienced fishermen all know that swordfish have a strong temperament. Once caught, they will use all their strength to hit the net clothing and the wall of the barrel. In severe cases, their heads will be broken and their scales will fall off. They will not give up until they are knocked unconscious and killed. .

"What about the farmed ones? Do you have any here? Give us some of them and try them too."

Since you can’t eat wild ones, you can eat farmed ones once.

"Yes, but it's a little expensive." The store owner reminded them.

"how much is it?"

"It's four hundred per pound, and my store charges about five hundred."

This is understandable. Does it cost nothing for people to cook? Don’t you need to make money by opening a restaurant?

In addition, swordfish is an extremely picky, delicate fish with a high mortality rate. They are very picky about bait and generally only eat live fish and shrimps, making it very difficult to feed.

So the price of 400 yuan per pound is not particularly high.

"middle!"

"Brother, are you from He*nan?" The shop owner also gave them cigarettes.

Let's chat.

(End of this chapter)